And just like that, all three of the major game consoles now have some semblance of motion controls. Unlike the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Move, however, Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 opts to get ...

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It’s been ten years since Microsoft launched the Kinect camera and it lived quite a life. The Xbox 360 peripheral became a key part of the whole Xbox platform and then years later, almost just as ...

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In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary lightsaber and that would be translated onscreen. Throw a football and it ...

A slim, 32-year-old psychologist, he spends his days behind a one-way mirror at Microsoft’s video games research center here, watching people play the company’s Xbox systems. He looks for smiles, ...

The new Kinect for Xbox One comes bundled with the console and enables motion- and voice control out of the box. It features a 1080p camera compared to the VGA sensor on the original Kinect, ...

In 2013, Microsoft chose to price the Xbox One at $500, a full $100 more than its main competitor, the PlayStation 4. The price difference was due to the inclusion of the Kinect camera, a sensor ...

With the money Microsoft has spent on failed efforts to design hardware, you could finance a trip to Mars. Its failures make up quite a flop parade: WebTV. Spot Watch. Ultimate TV. Ultra Mobile PC.

Company announces first interactive sex game for Microsoft's Kinect. Dec. 16, 2010— -- Microsoft's hot new gaming gadget Kinect is getting kinky. The hands-free gaming system may have been ...

Microsoft has slashed the price of its Xbox One console and is offering the device without the accompanying Kinect motion-control system. Beginning on June 9, Microsoft will offer the Xbox One for ...

A Kinect-like console has beaten Xbox hardware in U.S. sales, with Nex’s CEO explaining how lessons from the Wii shaped its subscription-first approach.